Goa Khabar : Slamming the BJP Govt of Goa over the Cash for Jobs scam, AAP Working President & National Spokesperson Valmiki Naik, accused the Sawant Sarkar of hiding facts and misdirecting the investigation.
“In a reply to an LAQ by AAP MLA Engr Cruz Silva in March 2025, the Govt stated that the total amount involved in the Cash for Jobs FIRs was Rs. 9.25 crores. However, Pooja Naik has stated that she herself has given money to the tune of nearly Rs. 17.68 crores. She is just one accused out of 45 FIRs registered under this scam. So the actual total amount involved in this scam is much much more than the 9.25 crores stated in the Govt reply. Why is the Govt hiding the true scale of this scam despite so-called investigations for nearly a year?”, Naik demanded to know.
Naik also criticised the CM Dr. Pramod Sawant for using the police machinery for media management, and said that a fresh FIR cannot be filed in an existing case unless there is a new crime or new evidence that changes the circumstances of the first FIR.
“Pooja Naik has already stated that she named the minister and officials in her statement taken under the original FIR. So what is the new evidence that the CM possesses that warrants such a direction to file a second FIR in the same case, and why does the police need more time?“, Naik asked.
Naik stated that earlier the term “jobs scam” used to be about private agents scamming desperate youth with promises of lucrative jobs in foreign countries, and then they would disappear, leaving the youth without neither a job nor the money.
“It is a national shame for Goa that our elected Govt is embroiled in a similar scam involving ministers and govt officials which has left our youth without neither a job nor their money”, Naik said.
